I don't post all my photos in all the same places, so I thought I'd create a thread that gathers them all together and hopefully get some feedback. Please excuse some of the older one's if you've seen them already (newst ones at the top).

Strobes are something I'm looking into at the moment, I've discovered I really like portrait photography, and trying to capture people's emotions. I need flexible lighting for that, so I need to learn about strobes. Half of the terms confuse me atm, I'm busy reading up.

Just get a cheap old flash and try firing it off at things while your camera is on a long exposure.

Word of warning careful sticking some old flashes on modern digi cameras.

I think the crucial thing with a flash is being able to adjust the powah and use it off the camera.

If it's portrait photography you like though I would guess a ring flash gives the best portability and the better ones allow you to adjust the light balance left and right so you can still get moody shadows.

Daws, could you do me a favour? I've been pouring over Strobist - but it's just not sinking in. Could you posta thread about the actual kit you use for your flash photography? Strobist confuse me by refering to things by different names, or just by not being entirely clear - why call a strobe a strobe but not a flash? Why recommend one flash but then say it could blow up your camera if you mount it without plastic between the connections?!

Basically - I want to know what sort of kit I need to be researching in order to do off-camera flash photography with my 350D. The only thing Strobist has convinced me about is that I definately want off camera, not on camera.

Jimi if you want a flash for highly personal portrait photography where the subject is dynamic then an off camera flash setup seems too much hassle to me. You'd need to setup the flash for each shot which would mean positioning it and setting the powah each time and if someone was moving around this just wouldn't be realistic.

The way I see it is for a shooting like that you either need to rely on bounce flashing, a ring flash or a hired assistant to run around moving the flash for you.

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